So this came up via the European Court of Justice (the EU court system)....not the German court system.
The question is....can a Muslim female instructor/teacher be prohibited from wearing a headscarf in the classroom?
Well...yes. At least the ECJ says this with a particular wording.
The ECJ then says in some cryptic way that you could wear 'small' signs or attire....that "are not noticed at first glance".
I sat and pondered over the wording. As much as the justice guy/gals thought they made it clear....they made difficult to figure out what 'not first noticed' really means.
So what does this legal standing do? Basically, if you were a fairly dedicated Islamic gal....educated....and the local school district would like to hire you but lays out their dress-code.....then you might have a problem.
Forcing these ladies to give up this 'tradition'? I just don't see that happening, and this will invite a number of federal political folks to fall upon themselves....to create strict rules that force local schools or state officials from declaring dress codes.
A bigger mess coming? Probably.
But if you asked around....looking for qualified and educated Islamic ladies in this category....I doubt if you find more than 500 of them in Germany who are in the headdress attire situation. A fair number of those from Syria are fairly moderate and don't get into the strict view of Islam....wouldn't observe the headdress attire deal.
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